Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
यत्र पद्मपहापद्मौ सुरभिर्मोकाशिनी ।
वृषभैरावतौ यत्र कल्प्यन्ते तद्गृहं त्यज ॥
yatra padmapahāpadmau surabhir mokāśinī /
vṛṣabhairāvatau yatra kalpyante tadgṛhaṃ tyaja
यत्र पद्मपहा पद्मं सुरभी मोकाशिनी वृषभः ऐरावतश्च निमित्तत्वेन प्रतिष्ठाप्यन्ते, तद्गृहं परित्यज।
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The instruction is pragmatic: avoid environments marked by persistent inauspicious signs. In purāṇic dharma, repeated ominous markers indicate disorder—material, social, or ritual.
Not pancalakṣaṇa; it belongs to dharma-anuśāsana and nimitta-śāstra style guidance embedded in narrative.
Proper names here likely function as coded ‘classes’ of omens/entities known to the tradition. The deeper point: certain vibrational/psychic atmospheres (seen as beings/omens) are incompatible with sāttvika household life.